Noorullah Zazai

A polio vaccination drive has been launched in the 16 provinces of the country in which 6.2 million children would be administered vaccine against polio, a statement said on Monday.

Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Maulvi Atiqullah Azizi has urged international cultural organisations and countries to cooperate with Afghanistan in preserving its cultural heritage.

The Natural Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) has inked an agreement worth more than two million US dollars with an organisation. 

Two companies, including a foreign firm, have shown interest in constructing five power substations in southern Kandahar and Ghazni provinces.

Afghanistan has exported agricultural products worth $737 million in the past nine months, says the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs office.

KABUL (Pajhwok): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced plans to provide $135 million in additional humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. During

KABUL (Pajhwok): A tropical storm in northern Philippines left more than 24 people dead and forced 150,000 others to evacuate. The tropical storm on .

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 150 people suffered casualties in Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza, reports said on Friday

KABUL(Pajhwok)): Ten Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an overnight militant attack on their post in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province .

KABUL (Pajhwok): A delegation of scholars from Uzbekistan says their visit is aimed at expanding ties between the countries in diverse fields. The delegation met

KABUL (Pajhwok): China plans to open a new economic corridor with Afghanistan through Tajikistan and exempt Afghan goods from export tax next month, the country

Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UNAMA Roza Otunbayeva has renewed the pledge to work together in partnership and solidarity to build a better future for Afghanistan and its people.